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Life in the 
Great Beyond 



or 

The Law of Life 
and Death 



By 

cA Victor Segno 



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PRESENTATION EDITION 



No._ 



"Is there a blessing known? 

Pass it on. 
Let it travel down the years, 
Let it dry another's tears, 
'Till in Heaven the deed appears, 

Pass it on." 



Life in the 
Great Beyond 



or the 



Law of Life and Death 



Br 
A. Victor Segno 



Los Angeles, California 

The Segnogram Press 

1911 



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Copyright 1911 
By A. Victor Segno 



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Life in the Great Beyond 

as told by one now over there 



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THE COMPACT 

P^I^N giving the foUowing record of life 
JggljgU beyond the grave, I shall endeavor to 
give it exactly as it was revealed to 
me by one who passed beyond this vale of 
tears several years ago. 

The person referred to was, for many years 
before his release from this earth, in close com- 
munion with me and we were in perfect har- 
mony of both mind and spirit. So closely did 
our minds accord that either had but to think 
and mentally express a wish and the other 
recognized it and responded. 

We both felt satisfied that the truth regard- 
ing the after life had never been told, that it 
is barely imagined by the few and that the 
vast multitude are in absolute ignorance of 
what awaits them beyond the border. It is 
true that what we call instinct constantly 



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urges us to expect a future life, but of what 
character or where, that has been the un- 
answerable question. 

Much did my companion and I dwell upon 
this subject, with little result except to con- 
firm our belief in a definite place to which we 
would go when we stepped out of this house 
of flesh. Believing it just as reasonable for 
two souls in harmony to communicate with 
each other after death as on the earth plane, 
we formed a compact, agreeing that the one 
who passed out of the material body first, 
should at the first opportunity communicate 
with the other and reveal to him what he had 
learned of the after life. 

My companion passed from this life peace- 
fully and without regret, assuring me that he 
would keep his promise. His passing brought 
me not a moment of sorrow, so confident was 
I that it was not a permanent separation, but 
only a spiritual transformation. 

While from time to time I have had, to me, 
satisfactory evidence of his continued harmony 
and closeness to me, it was ten years before a 
communication came sufficiently strong for me 
to take it down in detail. In the many soul- 



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talks between us during the past year he trans- 
mitted to me the information I am now writ- 
ing. Careful note was made of each com- 
munication and on comparing them I find no 
contradiction of any previous statement; each 
rather served to strengthen and prove the truth 
of the others. I recorded this information 
exactly as it was given to me and I am giving 
it to the public because I believe it solves 
humanity's greatest question. Because I think 
it will make clear to us our duty to self and 
to others. Because it will serve to make each 
man and woman who reads it a better being. 
Because it points out the way to the greatest 
happiness thro' a certainty of a future and 
greater life to come. Because it teaches us 
that we are the makers of our own destiny, 
here and hereafter; that we can be what we 
really desire to be. 



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FROM BEYOND THE BORDER 

Man is not dust, man is not dust, I say! 

A lightning substance through his being runs; 
A flame he knows not of illumes his clay — 

The cosmic fire that feeds the swarming suns. 
As giant worlds, sent spinning into space, 

Hold in their center still the parent flame; 
So man, within that undiscovered place — 

His center — stores the light from which he came. 

While we were companions on the earth I 
promised you that if there was for me a life 
in the great beyond, I would, if possible, make 
it known to you, that you might enlighten 
other men. When I made that promise, I had 
no idea how it would be kept, nor that so much 
time would elapse before I could clearly con- 
vey to you the desired information. While 
the time has been long to you, yet the desire 
and determination have never left me. even 
though I soon learned that ahead of me lay a 
very difficult task. Things are so different 
here to what you of the earth picture them to 
be, so different from what I had expected to 
find. 



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I have so much to tell, and, that nothing of 
importance may be omitted, it will be best for 
me to go back and begin from the moment 
I left my body. The night I departed from 
my earthly home, it was, I believe, about the 
midnight hour. I ascended straight up through 
the building into the atmosphere above and 
with the eyes of my soul beheld my first sur- 
prise. I found myself among a multitude of 
people moving in all directions. I was not 
more than three hundred feet above the earth, 
and the town was clearly visible to me. But 
these people, where had they come from? Had 
they all died, too? Surely that could not be, 
for I recognized among them many of my 
friends and acquaintances whom I knew were 
alive but a short time before. So I approached 
one whom I knew well and questioned, "Are 
you dead, too?" "Why, no," he replied, "I 
am taking a few hours of freedom while my 
body lies wrapped in sleep." Then the light 
came to me and I understood. I remembered 
that I had always taken these hours of release 
while my body slept, for acquiring knowledge 
and strength. The ideas which I acquired 
were used as far as the limitations of the bodily 



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functions would permit to advance my earthly 
progress. Those that made a deep impression 
were next day referred to by my physical and 
mental consciousness as a dream, an impres- 
sion, or a new idea. So I discovered that what 
humanity calls dreams are the records of those 
impressions brought back to the body after an 
excursion made by the soul. I soon learned 
also that the imprisoned soul may travel to any 
part of the earth, but it cannot leave it. The 
reason for this I will explain later. 

Sleep and death are almost identical, and one 
might honestly say he dies every night, if there 
were such a thing as death, but I have learned 
that there is not. After the death of sleep the 
soul returns to the body because that is its 
home and it cannot give expression on a phy- 
sical plane without the organism of a physical 
body to act through, and as the particular body 
it inhabits was built to fit its wants and needs 
it would be inconvenienced and uncomfortable 
and therefore unable to give full expression in 
any other body, tho' I learned that there are 
instances where souls have exchanged bodies 
by mutual agreement and occasionally one has 
stolen a body from another only to be later 



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ousted by the real owner. Such exchanges 
always cause great suffering to the body and 
sometimes destroy it. The wrong soul in the 
wrong body is the cause of so-called insanity. 
The soul and physical organism are not suited 
to each other and the expression is imperfect 
and you call it insanity. Temporary insanity 
followed by days of lucidity results from souls 
exchanging bodies. When the right soul is 
at home the body expresses correctly; when a 
foreign soul is in the body it is unable to ex- 
press sanely. 

There are cases where two small souls in- 
habit one body. This can be easily detected 
by the two natures exhibiting themselves 
through the one body. The pair of souls are 
usually male and female and generally get 
along very well together, having selected a 
single body as their home because of an in- 
tense desire to be together. Such bodies are 
often credited with having talent and genius. 
A soul is at all times conscious of its acts, 
both in and out of the body, but the body or 
brain is only conscious of the acts of the soul, 
while in the body; hence, all knowledge of the 
soul life is lost to the body from the time the 



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soul leaves until it returns. That is the one 
obstacle that has stood in the way and pre- 
vented humanity knowing to a certainty the 
nature of the spiritual life. That is both logi- 
cal and reasonable, for the body, of itself, has 
no means of obtaining knowledge, and has no 
element in its construction that is immortal. 
From and of the earth it came and unto the 
earth it returns again. 

Bear this one fact in mind, that, while in the 
body, the soul is a prisoner and can express 
itself only as the condition or construction of 
the body will permit. When it is out of the 
body it can grow and develop, but during that 
time there remains no spiritual connection be- 
tween the soul and the body, for the body is 
wholly material. It would be as reasonable to 
take the steam out of an engine and expect 
it to go on working, or the fire out of a furnace 
and expect it to go on heating, as to expect the 
body to go on recording the soul life while 
the soul is absent. While I knew these things 
when I was away from my body, yet I was 
never able to remember them when back in 
the body, and all that remained of my knowl- 
edge was a faint instinct or assurance that 



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there was another life somewhere and that I 
was immortal. 

The night of my departure from the earth 
I saw and realized this so clearly that I knew 
I could in time communicate it to you. I also 
knew that before starting on my long journey 
I could, if I so wished, make myself visible to 
you, or to any one for whom I had a strong 
attachment, but I refrained for fear of alarming 
you. 



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THE JOURNEY 

I felt so free and strong that I would gladly 
have spent some time with the souls that were 
enjoying their temporary freedom, but I be- 
came possessed of an irresistible impulse 
that drew me upward and onward. As to where 
I was going I knew not; I was merely follow- 
ing an unexplained feeling that I was fulfilling 
a part of my destiny. I did not fly, neither did 
I make any effort to propel myself; I just 
glided through space. It seemed as though 
I was being drawn toward a new sphere as 
by some mighty magnet. I knew not how fast 
I was traveling or for how long ; I had no rec- 
ord of time. It might have been several days ; 
I cannot say. On the journey, I met other souls 
going in the opposite direction, but none over- 
took me going my way. I traveled entirely 
alone. This gave me much time for reflec- 
tion on the wonderfulness of the laws that so 
carefully regulated the affairs of the universe 
that plans were made and executed for the 
benefit of a single soul like myself. I was con- 



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there was another life somewhere and that I 
was immortal. 

The night of my departure from the earth 
I saw and realized this so clearly that I knew 
I could in time communicate it to you. I also 
knew that before starting on my long journey 
I could, if I so wished, make myself visible to 
you, or to any one for whom I had a strong 
attachment, but I refrained for fear of alarming 
you. 



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THE JOURNEY 

I felt so free and strong that I would gladly 
have spent some time with the souls that were 
enjoying their temporary freedom, but I be- 
came possessed of an irresistible impulse 
that drew me upward and onward. As to where 
I was going I knew not; I was merely follow- 
ing an unexplained feeling that I was fulfilling 
a part of my destiny. I did not fly, neither did 
I make any effort to propel myself; I just 
glided through space. It seemed as though 
I was being drawn toward a new sphere as 
by some mighty magnet. I knew not how fast 
I was traveling or for how long ; I had no rec- 
ord of time. It might have been several days ; 
I cannot say. On the journey, I met other souls 
going in the opposite direction, but none over- 
took me going my way. I traveled entirely 
alone. This gave me much time for reflec- 
tion on the wonderfulness of the laws that so 
carefully regulated the affairs of the universe 
that plans were made and executed for the 
benefit of a single soul like myself. I was con- 



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scious that I was obeying some divine law and 
that I was being considered and provided for. 

I thought much of you and of the millions of 
souls back on the earth, held prisoners there, 
and wondered why they were left and I was 
chosen. When later this question was an- 
swered for me, I was indeed filled with sur- 
prise. In fact, my life since I left the earth 
has been one continuous flow of revelations. 

After traveling for what seemed a long time 
I realized that I was approaching another earth 
or planet. Nearer and nearer I came. I felt 
no apprehensions. It seemed perfectly natural, 
as though I had done the same thing before. I 
soon saw that the planet I was approaching 
was very much larger than the earth I had left, 
and as I was on the daylight side and the sun 
was shining down on it, I soon saw that it 
was a very beautiful world. Flowers, trees 
and l^kes were everywhere, and such magnifi- 
cent, artistic buildings. One could see that 
it was the product of a higher intelligence than 
that exhibited on our earth. The people I 
beheld were so stately and wonderfully formed. 

For several hours I floated around and over 
this world as though waiting for more instruc- 



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tion or some power to guide me to my new 
home, for I now felt certain that this lovely 
world was to be my home, at least for a time. 
From the time the sun went down until late 
in the night, I traveled in gradually narrowing 
circles over a large city which later I learned 
was called "Alpha" or "The First," it being 
the oldest and largest on the planet. An im- 
pulse came to me to descend. I did so and en- 
tered a house, and then I understood. Destiny 
had prepared a new physical house for me — a 
beautiful new young body was mine, and I was 
born again. 



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WHY WE INHABIT THE EARTH 

For the first three years, owing to the ex- 
treme youth of my new body, I was unable to 
express much of my individuality, but neverthe- 
less I thought of you often and felt at times 
that you received my thoughts and knew that 
I would keep my promise. Of later years, my 
advancement has been more rapid and I have 
learned much for one seemingly so young, but 
here I find knowledge to be easily acquired; 
my case being no exception to the rule. Many 
of the things I have learned could be of no 
benefit to you while you remain on the earth, 
so I will confine myself to telling you only 
those things which will be useful to you and 
to your fellow men. 

First, I must tell you what your earth is, and 
why and how it is populated and from where 
the souls come that inhabit it. This statement 
may puzzle you, but if you will follow me 
closely I will make it clear to you. 

The earth is an outcast and differs from all 
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other planets in that it is dominated by the 
conflicting influences from many other planets. 
Each of the other planets, as far as I have been 
able to ascertain, has a distinct class of in- 
habitants — people that are characteristic of 
that particular planet. The earth has twelve 
distinct classes, which you have heard of as the 
twelve tribes of Israel, and thousands of varia- 
tions which have been produced by the inter- 
marriage of one class with another, thus 
forming a conglomerate mass of tongues and 
natures and religions. The varied and conflict- 
ing ideas and emotions of these different classes 
of souls keep the people in a constant turmoil; 
each instinctively distrusting or hating the 
others and ever watching for the chance to 
take advantage of them. As a result, real hap- 
piness is a very brief and temporary condition 
on the earth. Among the earth's inhabitants 
there exists an abnormal desire for those things 
which when attained bring about the person's 
destruction. That which is harmful to possess 
immediately becomes attractive and develops 
into a consuming passion for its attainment. 
That which is beneficial and for the good of 
the person is usually distasteful and is avoided 



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at any cost. An unconscious desire for self- 
destruction thus underlies all other desires and 
the disastrous experience of one is no guide 
or warning to another. Under these conditions 
it becomes impossible for the inhabitants of the 
earth to accomplish much of value because their 
emotions and misguided desires soon destroy 
them. Yet the law of the earth makes it so. 
The earth is the battle ground on which each 
soul must rise or fall in his fight between the 
good and the evil. These desires are made to 
test his strength of purpose and his right to 
advance to more ideal conditions. 

The earth is known to us and to the in- 
habitants of the other planets as the place 
of eternal torment, where sinners from all the 
other worlds are sent as in exile to expiate 
their transgressions of the divine law. The 
earth is that place your many religious sects 
designate as "Hell," and as such it is recog- 
nized on all the planets. 

The universe is divided into twelve divisions. 
The planets located in each of these divisions 
is inhabited by a particular type of people. 
Distinct in the degree of intelligence and ad- 



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vancement from all other divisions. Beginning 
with the first division and advancing to the 
twelfth, each division represents a distinct 
character of intelligence, each being necessary 
to the complete or perfect intelligence. Each 
of the divisions is ruled by a Division Ruler, 
who is responsible to the Mighty Ruler over all, 
located in the Celestial Heaven. 

The twelve divisions of the universe have 
names which correspond to the following: 
Ahbo, Ahco, Ahdo, Ahfo, Ahgo, Ahko, Ahlo, 
Ahmo, Ahno, Ahpo, Ahro and Ahso. On each 
of the planets in these divisions there is a judg- 
ment time every year when all the souls 
thereon who have gained a sufficient degree of 
development and perfection are liberated from 
their bodies and sent on a journey to their 
new and fairer home in another division. 
Those who have not lived according to the 
laws of the planet on which they reside, and 
have shown a disregard for the Creator's 
wishes and their own advancement, are sent 
in exile to the land of torment (the earth) 
until such time as they shall see the error of 
their ways and show an honest desire to pro- 



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ceed with the work of physical and soul per- 
fecting. This judgment period lasts for about 
one month on the planets in each division. 
Following the judgment month in Ahbo comes 
the judgment of Ahco and so on forever 
without omission. 

Those who are exiled soon throw off their 
material bodies and depart for the earth, there 
to take up their abode in a newly-born phy- 
sical body where they remain until they have 
made themselves worthy to be again accepted 
in the society of the planet from which they 
were exiled. There is a law that determines 
the character of the bodies these recreant souls 
shall occupy while on the earth. That is, unto 
whom they shall be born as children and who 
shall be called upon to assume the responsi- 
bility of their education and development. 
This selection is made as much with a view 
to developing and advancing the parents as 
of the newcomer. 

It is well known on the earth that children 
born in different months have different quali- 
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from the influx of exiled souls from the twelve 
different divisions of the universe. Those who 
are exiled during January reach the earth dur- 
ing the last half of the month and the first 
half of February. They come from the divi- 
sion called Ahbo and you can recognize them 
by certain marked characteristics. 



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THE DIVISIONS 

Ahbo 
The souls that come from Ahbo are recog- 
nized by the following characteristics : A quick, 
receptive mind, a noble progressive nature 
with a touch of originality and possessing a 
taste for the fine arts and the occult, and 
sometimes the ability to express themselves in 
either music, poetry, literature or painting. 
They dream many brilliant pictures which the 
limiting conditions of the earth will not permit 
them to execute. On their own planet they are 
a highly educated, cultured people, with much 
inspiration, and they create very beautiful ele- 
vating things. Even on the earth they are the 
students, thinkers and reformers who support 
and advance any and all innovations that tend 
toward the higher development of mankind. 
If the earth is ever raised in its moral and 
religious tone, it will be largely as a result of 
the efforts of these people from Ahbo. They 
are optimistic and buoy up their associates and 
find in others the undeveloped good and bring 



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it into action. They are generous and over- 
look the errors of others. They are sensitive 
and submissive rather than aggressive in man- 
ner, but yet rather radical and determined at 
heart. Their inherent dignity and excellent 
reason impel them to push their reforms in a 
quiet, persistent, logical manner, reaching the 
hearts of men by means of the pen. While 
modest and retiring in demeanor they are not 
weak or faint-hearted. They are valiant and 
strong and pass through bitter trials with a 
sublimity and nobleness that knows no fear. 
They have been purified and ennobled by their 
experiences in working their way through the 
eleven divisions and into the twelfth. These 
are the people who are acquiring the last de- 
tails of perfection before passing into the 
Celestial Heaven. Their acquaintance should 
be cultivated by all mankind, for they possess 
the power to assist others to more quickly 
overcome the errors which hold them to the 
earth. The people from the other divisions 
often become jealous of these more ideal 
brothers and try to do them harm by placing 
them in a false light before the eyes of others, 
not realizing that by such action they delay 



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their own progress toward more favored 
spheres. 

Bear this in mind, that all men err and that 
all are punished for and by their errors and 
that none can err and escape the corresponding 
punishment. Although these men from Ahbo 
are passing a period on the earth to expiate 
some error, yet they will on their return be 
but a short period from the Heaven all men 
are aspiring to reach. Again I say, seek out 
these people and cultivate their acquaintance, 
for you can learn much from them that will 
help you to the sooner reach the goal of your 
desire. 

Ahco 

The souls that reach the earth during the 
last half of February and the first half of March 
come from Ahco, the eleventh division, and are 
in development just one degree removed from 
the people from Ahbo. In some respects, they 
are alike, especially in their love of nature, the 
occult, art and literature, and in the sacrifice of 
self in the effort to buoy up others who do not 
appreciate their good intentions. They are 
liwewise modest and generous and, being re- 



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liable themselves, put trust in other men only 
to suffer severe disappointments. They differ 
from the people of Ahbo in that they easily 
become discouraged and do not possess that 
degree of fortitude and courage necessary to 
carry them safely over severe disappointments. 
They have that quality yet to acquire before 
they can progress to the twelfth division. 
The people of Ahco are extravagant in the use 
of their emotions and they wear out their 
strength in emotional action. They lack that 
quiet subtle control which would, if possessed, 
conserve their forces. With them it is more 
blessed to give than to receive, and none ask 
of them in vain. They are too generous for 
their personal good. They succeed best in pro- 
fessional careers where they can express them- 
selves through their emotions and by appeal- 
ing to the emotions of others. Morbidness, 
induced through fancied wrong, where usually 
none exists, often inclines them toward bodily 
destruction when they are in exile to the earth. 
On their own planet they are not so inclined, 
but the consciousness that their sojourn on the 
earth is a punishment makes them extremely 
sensitive. 



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These people like change of scene and travel 
and a certain amount of it is absolutely neces- 
sary to their mental and physical well-being 
and soul development. They are true of heart, 
unselfish in devotion and possess minds rich in 
knowledge and make desirable companions. 
They possess a faculty of being able to bring 
success out of the half-formed or the badly 
executed plans of others, and their greatest 
achievements are accomplished in partnership 
with a less executive person. Theirs is the 
power of co-operation and far-reaching sym- 
pathy. Take no undue advantage of their 
generosity and confidence, and make an effort 
to enthuse them with a brighter hope and a 
more permanent courage, and you will be doing 
a good work for the Master, for has he not said 
that "As ye do it unto the least of them ye do 
it unto me"? 

The higher we climb the more difficult it be- 
comes to hold on, and thus it is that there is 
great danger for those in the higher spheres. 
They sometimes become blinded and confused 
by the great illuminated truths of their sur- 
roundings, and let go and fall back to a degree 
from which they have to work up again. Thus 



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it is that we find subjects from the eleventh and 
twelfth divisions on the earth. They became 
timid at a critical moment and failed. The next 
time they will probably do better. The fol- 
lowing ten divisions are not given in the con- 
secutive order of their spiritual advancement. 

Ahdo 

Those souls that reach the earth during the 
last half of March and the first half of April 
come from Ahdo. They are a martial people 
with a spirit of determination that forces them 
to victory or death. Often undecided as to a 
career to follow, but once this indecision is 
ovrcome and they see their duty, they are con- 
tent to follow it at any cost. Naturally strong 
and full of power they become leaders of the 
other tribes they find on the earth. Being 
strong and resourceful themselves they have 
little sympathy with weakness in others. They 
are most often conquered by their own pas- 
sions, for being egotistical they deliberately 
ignore the frailties of those they love and thus 
lay themselves at the feet of deception. They 
are extravagant in the use of the goods of the 
earth, and the women, though natural leaders, 



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fritter away money with an obstinate deter- 
mination that brooks no restraint. They de- 
mand independence and become irritated at the 
slightest intimation of disapproval or restric- 
tion. They love adventure and intrigue. 

The men find their greatest expression in 
politics and war. They are careless of their 
physical body, subjecting it to unnecessary 
danger, for which indifference they must pay 
to nature her price. Theirs is a life of emo- 
tions and sensations — joy or sorrow — and they 
depend more upon what they feel than upon 
what they know. The curiosity to peep behind 
the scenes of life takes them into strange places 
and they evolve unique theories respecting the 
future after death. 

Their life on the earth is not a smooth one, 
for they would not have it so. Better suffering 
than no sensations at all. They are highly 
strung and the strings of their nature must 
be kept vibrating, hence they indulge in the 
bad as well as the good, for the experience 
it gives them. Action, action, action, seems 
to be their keynote. They are ever trying for 
that which seems out of their reach. Love in 
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them. They are more fiery, passionate and 
demonstrative than affectionate and are not 
suited for the responsibilities of married life. 
These people are much misunderstood by the 
other tribes and are more to be pitied than cen- 
sured because of their nature. This, however, 
will be toned and refined in the fire of their 
own passions in the passing through the calmer 
spheres. 

Ahfo 

The souls which reach the earth between the 
middle of April and the middle of May come 
from the planets located in the division called 
Ahfo. These people represent light and 
strength. They desire to grow and expand and 
fulfill the wishes of their Creator in carrying 
out their destiny. They possess physical 
vigor, moral strength and mental activity. 
They do things and seem capable of under- 
standing the most visionary plans of others 
and carrying them to completion. They are 
the most practical, useful, dependable people 
that come to the earth. Self-reliance, internal 
courage and the intuitive ability of divining 
public sentiment, render them capable of be- 



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coming successful in finance and politics. 
Their buoyancy of spirit often compels success 
where a weaker heart would have failed. To 
them are often given positions of trust in pub- 
lic affairs, but they must be allowed to carry 
out their plans in their own way and at their 
own time. Steady persistence and unbiased 
judgment win for them a firm footing in finan- 
cial affairs and as bankers they never betray 
the trust of the people. They make many 
friends and adapt themselves to their environ- 
ments. They are seldom talkative or highly 
imaginative for their knowledge lies deep. 
The women of this tribe are faithful and un- 
wavering in their devotion and by their in- 
herent dignity and pride demand the same 
degree of honor and fidelity from their mate. 
The homes of these people are "Havens of 
Rest." Love of order, elegance and space in- 
clines them to build their homes on a large 
and expensive scale and surround them with 
grounds and parks. Home comes first in their 
estimation and fame must take the second 
place. 



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Ahgo 
The souls that arrive on the earth during the 
latter half of May and the first half of June 
come from within the division of Ahgo. Of 
all the tribes these people are the most scin- 
tillating and changeable. Theirs is a nature 
as variable as the winds. They are an inter- 
esting combination of seeming contradictions. 
Resulting from the fact that they possess no 
defined lines of thought, but act as the re- 
ceivers of impressions, vibrations and impulses 
from others. These they express as their own 
and for them receive the corresponding praise 
or censure. They understand themselves no 
better than others understand them. All 
actions and emotions are spasmodic. They 
love one moment and may not the next. They 
plan to do one thing and as likely do the op- 
posite. They can give no reason for their! 
acts and changes. They are a mystery even 
to themselves. These wavering spirits are not 
bad naturally, but rather incline to progress 
upward than downward. Much, however, de- 
pends upon their environments and direct 
associates. As entertainers they gain their 
greatest success. Their scintillating wit inter- 



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spersed with occasional inspirational flashes 
of genius make them intensely interesting. 
They like to entertain and be entertained, and 
the rounds of domestic and business life is a 
burden to them. Their restless spirit reaches 
forth unceasingly toward changes of thought, 
scene and condition. They possess a strong 
love of the sea and much of their romance and 
happiness is connected with the water. They 
are not very successful in a commercial way 
for they are too generous, extravagant and 
unselfish to make gain from another's loss. 

Ahko 

Those exiled souls who travel to the earth 
during the last half of June and the first half 
of July are from the division of Ahko. These 
people are distinguished by two very marked 
characteristics ; sensitiveness regarding self 
and gloomy forebodings. Though gifted in 
many ways, it is difficult to define their exact 
qualifications, for they are unstable and 
changeable. They undertake a course and 
then some fancied slight from one whom they 
care for brings on a period of discouragement 
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In matters that do not touch their personal- 
ity they are stubborn and unyielding, but 
personal sensitiveness is ever their undoing. 
They demand appreciation, homage and even 
flattery and are not comfortable without them. 
They are fond of talking of their real or sup- 
posed ailments, to gain sympathy. They like 
to travel and the gratification of that desire 
is only limited by the amount of money they 
can secure for the purpose. They like display 
and often rob the mind and stomach to clothe 
the body. Their self interest precludes them 
becoming greatly interested in the lives of 
others. Consequently they fail to make due 
allowance for the inherent weakness of other 
people. While domestically inclined they 
chafe and fret under home restraint. 

A noticeable characteristic of these people 
is the difference in their views on the same 
subject during the light and the dark of the 
day. What appears as truth to them at night 
may appear as false in the daylight. They are 
never prodigal in their generosity. They 
hoard rather than give, for they have an ever 
increasing fear of poverty in old age. Many 
of these people, both men and women, become 



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successful public speakers, as their minds are 
active and the elocutionary powers strong. 
They are also fortunate as manufacturers, for 
they have a genius for working out new prin- 
ciples and improving upon mechanical devices. 
When forced to it they make a very fair suc- 
cess of business. 

Ahlo 

Those souls that reach the earth during the 
latter half of July and the first half of August 
come from the region of Ahlo. These people 
are generous, sympathetic, kind hearted and 
impulsive to a dangerous degree. They are 
courageous and determined, and act from the 
heart and not from the head, and are managed 
only through love and sympathy. They are 
builders and worshipers of the ideal as against 
the realities of life. They are naturally filled 
with emotions of love and cannot live without 
sympathy and affection. They seek for it and 
they find it, and if necessary will die for it, and 
are not always particular as to the source from 
which it comes. Their choice of companions 
is often criticised. 

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usually the dreamy, sensuous diversions that 
appeal to them, for they dislike physical exer- 
tion, and mental effort is equally distasteful. 
They prefer to make use of the thoughts which 
they attract to them from other brains. They 
are inspirational, intuitional and spontaneous 
and spend no time in philosophizing on life 
or studying its intricacies. They possess a 
personal magnetism that sways and inspires 
and compels support from all ranks of men. 
These people attain success in the theatrical 
world when they are willing to give time to 
the work. Even then they act largely from 
intuition, as they dislike study. In music they 
can also do well. As most of these people 
inherit a goodly share of physical beauty of 
face and form and retain their youthful ap- 
pearance and exuberance of spirit beyond the 
average age, they find the best opportunities 
for the display of their charms and talents 
in the theater, the pulpit, the courts, and places 
of public amusement. 

Ahmo 

The souls that take up a residence on the 
earth during the latter part of August and the 



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first three weeks of September come from the 
planets in the division of Ahmo. These people 
possess a materialistic, matter-of-fact turn of 
mind; a keen insight into human nature and a 
cold, calculating estimate of life. They are 
qualified for success as lawyers, chemists, de- 
signers, scholars, philosophers, journalists, 
novelists or politicians. They are daring, 
cunning and resourceful. Their investigative 
turn of mind often leads them into trouble; 
especially is this true when it leads them to 
pry into the personal affairs of their friends 
and make use of the information so obtained. 
An inconsistency in the lives of these people 
is their inability to cope with their family 
troubles and misunderstandings which they 
themselves may have created. Domestic strife 
seems to paralyze them and make them men- 
tally and physically ill. An unfortunate 
matrimonial alliance will do more to wreck the 
career of one of these people than any other 
one thing. In their home relations they are 
not tender and demonstrative, but rather main- 
tain a respectful formality. They are more 
interested in match making for their friends 
than for themselves. With them sympathy 



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once lost is slow to recover. While practical 
and indomitable in most matters, yet they 
crave appreciation of their intellectual au- 
thority. This they generally receive, for they 
are persistent readers and acquire and retain 
much knowledge, and they are particularly 
clever in the use of the acquired wisdom. 
They are, however, unjust, in that they criti- 
cise the work of those younger or less ex- 
perienced, forgetting that the great should be 
just, if not generous. 

The women of this tribe are especially fond 
of finery and of social leadership, and will go 
to dangerous extremes to procure them if need 
be. They can detect an advantage in a busi- 
ness transaction where others could not see it. 
Neither the men nor the women let many 
opportunities escape. 

Though frail and delicate in outward ap- 
pearance, these people possess remarkable 
vitality and recuperative powers that defy 
the ravages of disease and age. Few of them 
are financially poor, for their practical utili- 
tarian estimate of life is a promise of at least 
moderate success. They do not travel much, 
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and cities where they can study the thought 
movements and motives of other men. 

Ahno 

Those souls reaching the earth during the 
last week of September and the first three 
weeks of October come from the region of 
Ahno. 

These people possess rare good judgment, 
liberality of thought and impartial justice, and 
are qualified to fill high positions by the sheer 
force of right. Born leaders, these people are 
poor followers. Their minds are too origi- 
native and their ideas too advanced to per- 
mit of them fitting into the prearranged plans 
of other men. Theirs is the magnetic power 
that enables physicians to lead their patients 
to recover; ministers their followers to glory; 
women their favorites to destruction and gen- 
erals their men to victory. Beneath an ex- 
terior of calm implacability they conceal a 
wealth of sympathy and understanding, and 
they are lenient to the frailties of other men. 
They persistently refuse to see the evil where 
its existence is quite apparent to others. They 



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are looking only for the good and they find 
much that others overlook. 

The physique of these people is less robust 
than the brain, and if they are placed among 
people or conditions that prey upon their 
sympathies, they become physically ill and 
lose health, youth and vitality. Beneath the 
broad public spirit of these people, there lies 
a love of home and closer associations. They 
crave the sympathy and understanding of 
domestic companionship and their worldly suc- 
cess usually comes only after the consumma- 
tion of that desire. Both the women and men of 
this tribe are constant and faithful to those 
they love. Their early years on the earth are 
usually fraught with vicissitudes and struggles 
that sometimes tinge their life with a somber 
shadow. But success in the end is usually 
their reward and rarely do they serve more 
than one term on the earth. 

Ahpo 

The souls that reach the earth during the 
latter part of October and the first half of 
November come from Ahpo. These people 
are distinguished by their determined, com- 



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manding nature. They seem so out of their 
element on the earth that they suffer strange 
vicissitudes of fortune. They scarcely sur- 
mount one difficulty or push through one ob- 
struction before they are confronted by 
another. Their paths lead into channels of 
stormy adventure. They are constantly con- 
ceiving new ideas and advancing new schemes, 
and the larger the scheme the better they like 
it and the harder they work for it. They turn 
toward the fortunes of war and the stock ex- 
change as naturally as the needle of the 
compass turns to the North. They are natural 
gamblers and usually fortunate in all games 
of chance. Whatever they undertake they 
must be at the head of it. They must lead 
in their own way. They do not attempt to 
force their convictions on others, for they are 
too busy directing their own course. In a 
controversy, however, they display a provok- 
ing tenacity and maintain their point right or 
wrong. The women have more sensitive do- 
mestic tendencies than the men and are more 
constant. Like the men, however, they fret 
under restraint and harbor an innate aversion 
to law and conventionality. This intolerance 



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of the tie that binds renders any successful 
attempt at matrimony almost impossible. 

There is always a tendency to drift toward 
places of fire, blood and tragedy and the close 
of their first period on the earth is likely to be 
as tragic as the beginning. They often 
succumb to narcotics and intoxicants. 

Ahro 

The souls that arrive on the earth during 
the latter half of November and the first half 
of December come from the division called 
Ahro. These people inherit a frank progres- 
sive nature, rich in love and hope and an in- 
exhaustible faith in their fellow-men. 

They are not satisfied to acquire personal 
success alone; they want to take their friends 
with them. This unnecessary activity is be- 
yond the comprehension of other types of 
people who see no need for such energy and 
hustle. 

Being honest and conscientious themselves, 
they become imbued with the conviction that 
they must remind others of their faults. They 
seldom err except in their over-zealousness to 
put down men or institutions that they con- 



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sider unjust or oppressive. At such times their 
indignation, while virtuous in its origin, is apt 
to acquire too much of a personal aversion. 
Their worthy sympathy for the oppressed is 
likely to lead them toward a persecution of 
the successful. In their haste to correct a 
wrong they are often cruel and unjust. Hav- 
ing convictions about things, they consider it 
their duty to proclaim them, even though they 
are often narrow and incorrect. Combining 
remarkable energy, keen insight and intuitive 
knowledge of outcomes, they become excellent 
financiers and fortunate in any enterprise which 
involves the handling of money. No matter in 
what they are engaged, these people will be 
found to rush, drive and push their affairs in 
a nerve-destroying fashion that taxes the 
mental and physical endurance to the utmost. 
Fortunately they are well endowed with physi- 
cal force. They usually develop an interest 
in the occult in their later years on the earth, 
then with the eye of the soul they seem to 
catch glimpses of the divine truth of life and 
this becomes the light that guides them back 
to their home. They love with their char- 
acteristic tenacity and are over-zealous for 



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those they love, expecting over much of them. 
To them marriage is a serious and sacred state 
and one not to be entered into lightly. 

Ahso 

The souls that enter the earth life during 
the latter part of December and the first half 
of January are from the division Ahso. These 
people possess materialistic estimates of life. 
They are cold, calculating and exclusive; are 
cautious and inherit a far-seeing instinct that 
precludes the possibility of impulse ever gain- 
ing the mastery over their reason. They are 
brave, self-reliant and convert the obstacles in 
their path into stepping stones to raise them 
to their goal. The ambitions of these men 
vary; some seek distinction and supremacy in 
the political field and become successful 
leaders, carrying out stupendous undertakings, 
but they seldom embark upon an enterprise 
that does not promise handsome personal prof- 
its. The more modest among them are content 
to become speakers, scholars or teachers, that 
they may indulge their thirst for learning. 
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bow down to it, overlooking the greater 
sources of supply. 

These people follow their ambition with a 
calm, quiet deliberation that gives them the 
victory of the tortoise over the hare. They 
have a lesson to learn in the value of love and 
loving companionship. The women inherit a 
more tender impulse than the men, but they 
are seldom in danger of attempting "Love in 
a cottage/' for they hold a high regard for 
titles, pomp and pedigree. They prefer power 
to love, pretty dresses to pretty speeches and 
social standing above all things. These women 
are seldom popular socially, because of their 
imperious, independent natures. In whatever 
part of the earth they may be placed they in- 
variably drift toward its lonely, obscure cor- 
ners, its ruined abodes, halls of past glory and 
places of retrospective thought. 



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THE REASON 

The souls from each division bring with 
them to the earth the characteristics they pos- 
sessed at home, and it is by these individualiz- 
ing characteristics that they are known and 
seemingly controlled. In submitting and giv- 
ing expression to these peculiarities they are 
but fulfilling the laws of the universe by car- 
rying out the details of their own destiny. The 
influence which all souls acknowledge and are 
subjected to is not planetary, but is the 
thoughts of their friends on the earth and the 
planet from which they came and to which 
they will again return some day. 

It is the undesirable characteristics ex- 
pressed by the souls on the earth that caused 
them to be exiled, and it is only when they 
have conquered these tendencies that they 
will be permitted to return, for only the nobie 
characteristics of each tribe are tolerated in 
the planet from which they came. 

If parents will refer to the foregoing guide, 
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children came, and as a result, what they may 
expect from them as their bodies develop. 
This fore-knowledge will create a sympathy 
and understanding between parents and child- 
ren that will smooth out the rough places and 
aid each in the great process of progression. 

The souls that inhabit each division of the 
universe watch over the souls that were exiled 
from their particular planet. They extend to 
them all the encouragement they can and send 
to them all the ideas, thoughts and suggestions 
for their unfoldment that they will accept. 

Curious as it may seem to you, those on the 
earth have no original thoughts of their own. 
The thoughts they think are received by them 
from the inhabitants of other planets. Each 
soul absorbs most readily the thoughts and 
ideas from those of his own planet, because his 
previous development make those ideas most 
clear to him. Thus, by the thoughts and 
ideas a person entertains, can you tell to which 
division of the universe he belongs. 

The soul that is truly repentant remains not 
long on the earth, but is soon drawn back to 
the planet from which it came, and the journey 
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a ray of light from the sun to the earth. When 
the soul is sufficiently purified to return home, 
it breaks out of the body much as a beautiful 
flower breaks out of a seed. Some souls re- 
main upon the earth but a short time, a few 
weeks or months and they have expiated their 
transgression. I remember often hearing it 
said of children "He or she is not long for this 
life ; he looks so beautiful, peaceful and happy" 
and "The good die young." Those are the 
souls that are soon freed from their earthly 
prison. 

The good they have done by developing in 
one or both of the parents a greater sympathy 
or spirit of kindness, and a better and more 
generous view of life, is often sufficient to 
make restitution for such past errors as they 
may have been guilty of in his planet, and they 
are quickly released. "Verily the children 
shall teach them." 

Some souls do not repent and bring them- 
selves back to the perfection required of them 
in the course of one physical life, and as a 
result are destined to remain in the land of 
torment for ages and be reborn to the earth 
time and time again. By the law of a wise 



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creator, each time they are given a new body 
they are also given a new opportunity to cor- 
rect their errors and be called back home. 
Some in their desparation or indifference de- 
stroy their body, thinking thus to break the 
chain that binds them to the earth, but to no 
avail, for their destiny must be fulfilled. There 
is one way and only one by which they can 
be freed, and that is to repent of their past 
errors and take up again the work of soul de- 
velopment in a new body and fit themselves to 
return to the planet from which they were 
exiled. 

You will possibly ask what becomes of those 
souls that are prematurely released by the ac- 
cidental destruction of the body. What would 
you do if the residence in which your body 
now lives should be destroyed? You would 
find another house. So does the released soul. 
For on earth it has no means of expression, 
except through the organism of a physical 
body. Some apparent accidents to human 
bodies, however, are in reality an act of des- 
tiny. It is often the quick release of a soul 
that it may go back home. In other cases 
it results from the combined exertion of one's 



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soul friends to check a career that is leading 
to further degradation. The release of a soul 
from a body that was too strongly influenced 
by environments that were harmful, and its 
removal to a new body, surrounded by more 
elevating influences, gives it another chance, 
and shows to what extent the life of each per- 
son on the earth is watched and cared for by 
the friends beyond, whose work it is to reclaim 
fallen souls from evil and bring them back 
to the good. 

What you call intuition is the whispering 
of your guardian friends from your planet at- 
tempting to guide and direct you into the 
right course. They, having the soul-sight, can 
see the outcome of all things of the earth, and 
know what its inhabitants should do in each 
instance. If you follow these silent soul whis- 
pers to the best of your ability you will ac- 
quire wisdom and greatly shorten your stay 
in the land of torment and hasten your return 
to the life beautiful. If you do not obey these 
kindly offers you must continue to suffer on 
for many years. 

That you are today on the earth is the proof 
that you fell from grace and indicates one of 



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two things. You are either unprepared to re- 
turn and fill your previous place among your 
fellow-men, or you have a mission on the earth 
yet to perform for the good of its inhabitants, 
and not until this is performed will you be 
called back home. 



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THE SCHEME OF THE UNIVERSE 

The vastness, the simplicity and the perfect- 
ness of the great creative scheme of the uni- 
verse is beyond most souls to comprehend. 
The people inhabiting the planets in each of 
of the twelve divisions acquire additional light 
and knowledge as they progress from one divi- 
sion to another, until they leave the twelfth 
and pass into the purely spiritual life of the 
celestial heaven. There they attain to such 
glory and happiness as none on the earth can 
understand until they have experienced it. It 
is "the peace that passeth all understanding/' 
It is what we are all living, working and striv- 
ing for. It is the one thing worth while. 

In the whole scheme of creation, man is the 
highest product of a master mind. Those seen 
on the earth are but the imperfect specimens; 
those that have failed of the Master's desire. 
On the earth no human is a perfect example 
of God's handiwork. But as man progresses 
through the spheres in the course of his des- 



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tiny he takes on greater and still greater per- 
fections of body and mind, each change bring- 
ing to him greater marks of beauty and 
youth. For it is known that the soul is born 
old and grows younger as it follows in the 
path of its destiny. I have been told by those 
who have spent much time on this planet that 
the physical body becomes less material in 
each of the spheres, as it advances, until the 
perfect refinement of soul and body are 
reached in the twelfth division, and, on leav- 
ing there for the celestial heaven, the soul and 
body become one perfect whole, possessing 
powers of life eternal. 

In the entire progress through the twelve 
divisions the soul leaves behind it the body 
used on each planet, and takes a new, more 
perfect and more suitable one on the next. 
Sometimes several bodies are occupied on one 
planet before the soul advances to a higher 
division. It all depends upon the person. He may 
advance rapidly or slowly, accordingly as he 
obeys the laws of the Creator, or at any time 
he may disobey and be punished by an exile 
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In all men at all times lies the germ of 
greater possibilities, just as the great oak lies 
resting in the little acorn awaiting to be called 
forth. It is this divine, never-ending source of 
power and life that attracts him ever for- 
ward and onward to greater development. On 
the earth man is largely a creature of destiny, 
tied down and made to suffer for his own mis- 
deeds. Man on the other planets is a creator 
of knowledge, a power which increases as he 
advances. He is thus enabled to make his life 
more ideal. 

On the planet which I inhabit we are able, 
by the exercise of our mental forces, to attract 
at will the vibrations from the air necessary to 
produce visible pictures of persons, places or 
subjects on any part of our planet. We can 
produce the most beautiful music by the har- 
monizing of these vibrations. Music here can 
be seen in beautiful colors as well as heard. 
We can also communicate with each other by 
a concentration and projection of our thought. 
We can build up pictures and designs in the 
brain and reproduce them in detail and color- 
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vantage to architects, landscape gardeners and 
designers of fabrics, machinery, etc., for they 
can see in advance what the completed article 
will be like. 

What you of the earth know of these things 
is just the faint impressions that some way- 
ward soul down there gets from some friend 
up here. The inventions made on the earth 
were first created on some other planet and 
transmitted by a friendly soul anxious to im- 
prove the conditions of those on the earth. 

We are also able to see to the earth, if we 
have any friends in exile there, and if we have 
we try to keep up communication with them 
and render them all possible advice and sugges- 
tions until they are reclaimed. 

We do not visit the earth in search of lost 
souls, as you of the earth suppose, but during 
the sleep of your body, while you are free, we 
establish such communication with you, for 
your good, as you will permit, but we do not 
leave our planet. The only souls that actually 
appear to each other on the earth plane are 
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just leaving the earth to return home and wish 
before leaving to bid farewell to one to whom 
they have become attached. Once a soul is 
fully released from the body, it cannot linger 
long on the earth, for there is that irresistible 
influence of its destiny that draws it away. 

We live on this planet much as you do on 
the earth, except under more favorable con- 
ditions. We eat, drink and sleep, work, study 
and spend much time in perfecting the mind 
and body. This in turn acts upon the develop- 
ment of the real being of the soul. We have 
not the wickedness to contend with that you 
have, but still we have temptations to try us 
and test us. We marry and give birth to 
physical bodies, which are taken and occupied 
by the souls that have earned the right to 
progress from their planet to ours, here to again 
become little children and be taught our ways 
and receive our guidance and instruction. We 
realize the responsibility of this trust and the 
children receive the greatest consideration in 
the land. For we know that what we teach 
them by word or example that they will be- 
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neglect or wrong teaching they should go 
wrong, we would be exiled and would have our 
work to do over again. By the law of the 
universe none can shirk his duty, and in this 
respect our duty is clear and we try to obey it. 

Here we have no conflicting religious views 
such as serve to torment the people of the 
earth. Our eyes are open to the truth. We 
know the law of life and progression and our 
efforts will ultimately make of each of us a 
perfect glorified spiritual being. We have our 
work to do and it becomes a pleasure to do 
it. We take instruction from those above us 
in knowledge and teach those below us, and 
thus the work of progression goes on. 

We have a physical voice for speaking, but 
we use it very little, as thought projection take 
its place almost entirely. We use very little 
in the way of books or illustrations in teaching, 
except the records of science and history. The 
eye of the soul is used to search out the thing 
that is needed, and by these object lessons one 
learns quickly. 

We know that each soul is a son of the 
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sacred. We know also that each life fills a 
place in the great plan and is necessary to its 
completion, just as each grain of sand is neces- 
sary in the making of an earth and each drop 
of water in the making of an ocean. The great 
could not exist without the small. Singly we 
may not seem to be very important, but to 
gether, fulfilling our destiny, we are the divine 
expression of the force that shapes the uni- 
verse. 

The children born on each planet are created 
for the express purpose of furnishing dwell- 
ings for the souls that are sent from other 
planets. During the month of judgment in each 
division, some are promoted and advanced 
another degree, or fraction of a degree, in keep- 
ing with their development and obeyance of 
the laws, while others are moved down the 
scale because they have not shown the ability 
and strength to live up to the requirements of 
their surroundings, while others, who have 
willfully or carelessly disobeyed the law or 
injured any of their beings are exiled to the 
earth, there to remain until they have fully 
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to associate with the people of their planet. 

By the system of the judgment seat progress- 
ing each month to the next division, it equal- 
izes the supply of births and deaths on every 
planet and keeps a well regulated birth rate 
on the earth. Whether new souls are created 
at any time or in any number, or whether it 
is just the interchange of souls from planet 
to planet in the progression of humanity, I do 
not know, and that question is probably only 
solved by those who pass into the celestial 
heaven. 

It is a grand, glorious and just system, based 
wholly upon merit, by which those who try re- 
ceive their reward in promotion to more glori- 
ous realms of knowledge, beauty and more ideal 
conditions of life, and those who neglect their 
duty to their Creator and their fellow-men, bring 
punishment and suffering upon themselves. 
Each has himself to thank or to blame, each 
is the maker of his own destiny. And above 
all we have our Creator to thank for giving 
us the opportunity to try, and, when we fail, 
another chance to try again. There is an 
inspiration in it all. There are so many possi- 



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bilities to work for and such great pleasure, 
as our reward for success. 

The person who tries to deceive himself into 
the belief that the death of the body ends all, 
is doing himself a great injury by bringing more 
earthly suffering to his share and by delaying 
his chances of leaving the earth for realms of 
power and glory where pleasure and happiness 
await his arrival. As ye give so shall ye re- 
ceive and as ye try so shall ye be rewarded. 
The balance of justice is so fine that rewards 
and punishments are automatic, self-acting and 
prompt. 

The things I have told you of the earth and 
of the planet I am now living on I know to be 
a fact from personal experience. What I have 
told you of the system of progress beyond this 
I have learned from those who have received 
the information much as you are receiving this 
by a connecting link between a soul here and 
one gone forward to the next division. I 
learned that it is only in rare cases that such 
harmony is established between souls of a 
different sphere, but that it has occurred a 
sufficient number of times on record to leave 



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us a reliable knowledge of the law of progres- 
sion, therefore we do not work in the dark 
as you do of the earth. It is recorded that 
many attempts have been made to convey to 
some soul on the earth the knowledge I am 
giving to you, but without a definite result. 
The information has always been misconstrued 
and misapplied. May you use it wisely and 
make it known to all who are ready to learn 
the truth. 



This has been written as it was revealed to 
me. I submit it for your consideration. 

A. VICTOR SEGNO. 



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